51 and 53, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1950. House. 2 related planning applications.
51 and 53, High Street
- WRENN ID
- sacred-turret-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 51 and 53, High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2BX
- OS grid reference
- SP 996 075
- Coordinates
- 51.75811, -0.55793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
51 and 53 High Street are buildings dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations. The east gable features exposed timber framework. Number 51 is primarily covered in stucco and has a symmetrical front with two gables, a central flat-headed 19th-century doorway, and two-storey canted bay windows on either side. Number 53 has recently been restored, revealing its timber framework on the first floor with red brick nogging. It includes casement windows with glazing bars and an oriel canted bay window. Both buildings have steeply pitched tiled roofs.
Local climate
51 and 53, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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